A3O-Lancast*r Farming, Saturday, Juna 14,1986 York Farm Tour Slated BY JOYCE BUPP York County Correspondent WELLSVILLE - Three Washington Township farm operations are gearing up to host hundreds of urban visitors June 21, as part of the annual York Farm ers Association Farm Tour. The traditional hay ride which participants have come to expect will take visitors to see a country butcher shop, fruit and vegetable production operation, and a dairy farm. Other farm tour planned at tractions include a petting zoo, sheep shearing, and farm food and crafts. Headquarters for the tour, which runs from 10 a.m. through 4 p.m., is at Anderson’s Meat Market, located on the Wellsville-Kralltown Road. From there, wagons will make stops at the Harold and Evelyn Nelson fruit and vegetable operation and .the Ralph and Ada McGregor dairy farm. John and Viola Anderson own and operate the family’s farm and butchering business, just west of Wellsville. 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Anderson’s recipe, while another customer favorite is the all-beef, homemade bologna. About 20 head each of hogs and cattle are utilized by the market weekly, including Hereford and Holstein cattle fattened on the farm. In addition to the feedlot cattle, the farm produces com, wheat, oats and mixed hay on the 143 owned and 80 rented acres. Sons Jimmie and Charles, daughter Barbara and her husband, and five grandchildren all assist in running the Anderson farm and retail market. A third son, John, Jr., was killed in Vietnam in May, 1968. Roadside marketing of fruits and vegetables, plus the retailing of beef by halves and quarters, keeps Harold and Evelyn Nelson busy year-round at their 35 acres on Wellsville Road. Division ol Hasston Corporation KELLER BROS. TRACTOR CO. Lebanon, PA 717-949-6501 THOMAS POWER EQUIPMENT Avondale, PA 215-268-2181 This three-generation farm was purchased in 1907, by Joseph Nelson. He in turn sold in 1929 to his son George, who at 80 years of age ptill helps part time. Pick-your-own strawberries and raspberries are early summer headliners, with cantaloupe production taking over in August. Greenhouse seeding of their own plants gives the Nelsons a head start on cantaloupe plantings, as well as tomatoes, peppers, cab bage, sweet potatoes and lima beans. HARRISBURG - The Penn sylvania Association of Farmer Cooperatives is holding its 13th annual PAFC Couples Conference July 16-18 at the Sheraton in Danville. “Cooperatives: A Bridge To Your Future” is the theme for the three-day event, which reaches approximately 45 couples each year. The educational program is designed to increase cooperative understanding by “exposing couples to their peers as well as representatives of their MANOR EQUIPMENT INC. Sinking Spring, PA 215-678-0828 KELLER BROS. Lititz, PA 717-626-2000 NORMAN BRIGHT, INC. New Egypt, N.J. 609-758-2211 SCHREIB & SON Bath, PA 215-837-7681 PAFC Announces Conference “At Farm Credit we don’t have to follow the ’back to basics’ trend . . . we set it for America’s most basic industry—agriculture. ’ ’ * . J: K '4- * ■ m*- In today’s agricultural environment one thing is clear: financial services are a basic need in farming today. Seventy years ago when Farm Credit was started to serve the financing needs of American agriculture, it was the same story. Farm Credit is here to provide dependable service to the nation’s farmers. In good times and in bad . . . just as it was in the beginning and as it will be in the future. We all know that agriculture related businesses are feeling the pinch of the tight economic times in farming. Farm Credit is no different. But serving farming is our business. And we’re committed to it. Now and in the future w The Farm Credit System Two of the Nelsons six children are still at home on the farm, sixth grader Jodi and first-grader Gregory. Ralph and Ada McGregor milk a herd of 200 Holsteins at their Mc- Ral dairy farm on Bentz Mill Road. They purchased their original 119 acre farm in 1965, and milked a herd of 48 cows. A new free-stall facility was built in 1972 and 185 acres added with land purchases in 1976 and 1982. Com, hay, barley and oats are cooperatives, such as directors, management and staff,” com mented PAFC Executive Secretary Kathy E. Gill. Five couples serve on the program planning committee. “The program obtains much of its direction from input derived from these past participants,” Gill said. For the 1986 program, these include Eric and Dixie Coolidge of Wellsboro; Brian and Janet Beckman of Harbor Creek; David and Barbara Kehr of Littlestown; Roy and Sue Crow of Kennedyville, Md.; and Daryl and Linda Heisey of Rexville, NY. t* ltr Call Your Local FARM CREDIT SERVICE Berks-Lehigh Valley • Butler • Headwaters • Lancaster Meadville • Northeastern • Southeast • West Central • York grown on the owned, plus 300 rented, acreage, and utilized as feed for the dairy herd, 180 replacement heifers and 30 steers. The McGregor’s five daughters are all involved in the dairy operation. Da is a teacher, Jill has a degree in Dairy Science, and ’ Mira, Lin and Kae attend Dover Area Schools. Milk produced at Mcßal is marketed through Interstate Milk Producers Cooperative, and McGregor is president of the co op’s local district. Registration for the conference is $285 per couple and covers the cost of hotel, meals and conference materials. For registration in formation, contact PAFC, P.O. Box 12107, Harrisburg, PA 17108- 2107,717-232-7232. The Pennsylvania Association of Farmer Cooperatives is a trade association representing more than 40 agricultural cooperatives that operate in the Com monwealth. More than 200,000 owner-members control these businesses, which generate more than $3 billion in economic activity in the Commonwealth each year. Our management is taking steps to make certain that the situations it can control it does and those that it can’t control it prepares for. We are making sure cost effective policies are in place, and that measures to improve our services to you are being carried out. As farmers ourselves, we directors at Farm Credit take pride in the fact that our staff understands agriculture. When you come in to discuss your needs with us, you talk with someone who knows and understands your business. We believe that agriculture is basic . . . and so is the Farm Credit commitment to agriculture. You can depend on Farm Credit.
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